TRAVELERS CAS. AND SURETY CO. v. RIBI IMMUNOCHEM RESEARCH, INC.

No. 04-228.

108 P.3d 469 (2005)

2005 MT 50

326 Mont. 174

TRAVELERS CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY, a foreign corporation, Plaintiff, Respondent and Cross-Appellant, v. RIBI IMMUNOCHEM RESEARCH, INC., a Delaware corporation, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided March 1, 2005.

Rehearing Denied March 30, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Daniel Hoven, Browning, Kaleczyc, Berry and Hoven, P.C., Helena, MT Michael R. Wrenn, Daniel A. Zariski, Samuel R. Watkins, Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe, LLP, Seattle, WA, for Appellant.

Ronald A. Bender, Worden Thane, P.C., Missoula, MT Thomas S. James, Jr., Jessica L. Goldman, Summit Law Group, PLLC, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

R. Allan Payne, Special Assistant Attorney General, Doney, Crowley, Bloomquist & Uda, P.C., Helena, MT, for Amicus Montana Petroleum Tank Release Compensation Board.

Julie A. Johnson, Teri A. Walter, Gough, Shanahan, Johnson and Waterman, Helena, MT, for Amicus Complex Insurance Claims Litigation Association.


Justice BRIAN MORRIS delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 We must determine whether a comprehensive general liability (CGL) policy provides coverage for environmental damage caused by the intentional disposal of hazardous wastes into a landfill that results in the unintentional migration of the wastes into the groundwater. The Twenty-First Judicial District Court, Ravalli County, found that the policy's pollution exclusion bars coverage for the environmental...

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